Welcome back you beautiful people.
Us mountain bikers do some weird things, yes.
Here are a few weird things that just mountain bikers do.
It's cold, wet, muddy, and overdressed for most, to keep warm is the norm, but not for
us dudes, we dress down and chuck on a pair of our favorite riding shorts on a cold day
to play.
Shorts in winter?
Hell, yes.
Bike park uplifts, a time to share stories and exciting times from the trail we've just
ridden.
With all that said, we share all of this in a van full of smelly riders.
Yes, we sit in it.
Chatting, biking, until we arrive at the top of the mountain, just to ride downhill to
the bottom, to have the best time of our lives and repeat.
[music] Crashing is fun and funny.
Crashing is part of the sport we love.
If we were to crash your car, it would be the end of the world, but when it comes to
crashing our bike, it's like a comedy sketch.
Everyone is laughing at your expense even if you're in a little bit of pain.
[laughter] Crashing is fun and funny.
Look at him.
[unintelligible 00:01:21] [laughs] [music]
Speaker 1: If you're lucky to have great riding out your backdoor, then good for you.
For most of us mountain bikers, we load up our car, we hit the road for a few hours,
even days to get some good riding.
Even if we have a good riding on our doorstep, you still drive miles to a riding spot.
That's weird.
[music] We're all guilty when it comes to chatting
about something we are very interested in.
Mountain bikers are far ahead when it comes to chatting about biking than actually riding.
[music] We all love a good chinwag at the trailhead.
Look at those two dudes.
Speaker 1: I like the color of that bike.
Speaker 2: Thanks, dude, I like yours.
Speaker 1: A nice blue.
Speaker 2: It's a nice blue.
Do you know what they call it? [music]
Narrator: Some time later.
Speaker 1: It's great in the wet, and yours?
Speaker 2: Yes, no.
Mine's good.
Speaker 1: Good, isn't it?
Speaker 2: Hooking up nicely.
Brakes are feeling, oh, oh-- Speaker 1: Feeling great.
Speaker 2: Feeling good for the mud?
Speaker 1: So good, yes.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 1: I do like this place.
It's really nice.
Speaker 2: It's fun, isn't it?
Speaker 1: Yes, I like it.
Speaker 3: Come on.
Ride your bikes, man.
Speaker 2: What was that?
Oh, my God.
Speaker 1: We should go.
Speaker 2: Let's get out of there.
[music] Speaker 1: Cars, vans, pickups, MPVs, mountain
bikers need to get in and out of their muddy riding gear before getting into their car.
The best place is outside your car, where you've parked.
Getting semi-naked in a car park is normal.
[music] Hell.
Dude, get some sun on them cheeks, man.
That's a white ass. [music]
Most will clean their pride and joy to the inch of their lives, but some mountain bikers
live and embrace the muddy bike life.
Winter equals muddy bike life.
Damn, that's dirty.
[music] Talk about muddy bikes.
When most hide behind closed doors on a rainy day, us mountain bikers head out and explore
those wet woodlands and love it.
[music] We are as happy as pigs in mud.
[music] We all love the great outdoors.
[music] But mountain bikers are weirdly into the dirt.
We are self-trained geologists.
We study the dirt in each area we ride.
For example, I love Shropshire.
The dirt here is amazing.
It's-- Let's look at it.
Let's look at it.
Quite easily draining.
Loamy.
Not very acidic.
Texture's loamy.
This is a perfect combo for grip, [unintelligible 00:04:40].
Brilliant.
There's a hint of rock.
I can sense rock, like that there.
That's why I can sense it, it's right there.
All right.
Let's get shredding [unintelligible 00:04:53].
[music] Speaker 1: Rich, rich, rich, rich.
Knock, knock.
Hello, Rich.
Rich: Hello, mate.
Speaker 1: Can I get changed in your van?
Rich: It's pretty grim out, come on in, come on in, bruv.
Speaker 1: If it's not getting naked in the car park, then it's in the back of your mate's
van, getting changed, with your riding buddies.
Strange, but good friendships are built.
Thanks, Richard.
Rich: Bye, man.
Speaker 1: Caffeine, I shouldn't haven't had that coffee.
When nature calls, you need to go.
We were out there, exploring new land, with no restrooms, toilets, loos or places to spend
not just a penny, maybe two.
Needs must, must need a nature poo.
Don't tell me you haven't done it.
That's weird, but we do it.
Right, nothing to see.
Let's go riding.
Rich: Once we've done this, do we have to go outside?
Speaker 1: Yes and ride.
That's why we're getting changed, Richard.
To go riding.
Rich: It's raining.
Speaker 1: I know, Richard.
Rich: It's pouring.
What does it do when it's raining and pouring?
Speaker 1: We go out and have fun, Richard.
Rich: No, you silly sausage.
The old man is snoring.
Have you never hear that?
Speaker 1: Oh and he bumped his head--Ow.
Rich: He couldn't get up in the morning.
Speaker 1: Oh.
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